Di Lauro clan

The Di Lauro clan (Italian pronunciation: [di ˈlauro]) is an Italian crime clan, part of the Camorra in Naples. The clan operates in the neighbourhoods of Secondigliano, Scampìa, Miano, Marianella, Piscinola, and in the adjacent municipalities of Casavatore, Melito, Arzano, Villaricca and Mugnano (all in the province of Naples). The head of the clan is Paolo Di Lauro (known as "Ciruzzo il milionario"), from Via Cupa dell'Arco, in Secondigliano.[1]

Di Lauro clan
Founded1980s
FounderPaolo Di Lauro
Founding locationSecondigliano
Years active1980s-present
TerritoryAt its peak Secondigliano, Scampia, Miano, Marianella, Piscinola, Casavatore, Melito, Arzano, Villaricca, Mugnano in Italy;
with other territories in France, Netherlands and Spain
Leader(s)Paolo Di Lauro (1980s–2002)
Cosimo Di Lauro (2002–2005)
Marco Di Lauro (2005–2019)
Vincenzo Di Lauro (2019–present)
Ciro Di Lauro (2019–present)
ActivitiesMurder, extortion, drug trafficking, smuggling, money laundering
AlliesSecondigliano Alliance
Sacra Corona Unita
D'Alessandro clan
Giuliano clan (defunct)
Contini clan
RivalsScissionisti di Secondigliano
Ruocco clan
Abbinante clan
Sacco-Bocchetti clan

History

The Italian Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia ("Antimafia District Directorate") first investigated the clan in 2002, which led to the imprisonment of its most influential members, including Abbinante clan boss Raffaele "Papale e Marano" Abbinante, who was aligned with Di Lauro, but Paolo Di Lauro managed to stay free. Despite this setback, the clan increased its power and the arrested members were replaced by several of Di Lauro's ten sons: Cosimo (b. 1973), Ciro (b. 1978) and Marco (b. 1980).[2] At the same time, the coalition was strengthened with other clans in the Secondigliano Alliance. The clan's "old guard" lost its power, and some of Di Lauro's former faithful allies formed a rival alliance (Scissionisti di Secondigliano) and started a bloody power struggle in 2004, known as the Scampia feud.

Activities

In the early 2000s, the clan's drug revenue from their sellers were reckoned by Italian investigators to be worth about €200 million per year.[3] In the time of the reign of Paolo Di Lauro, Secondigliano, the clan's stronghold, became the largest open-air narcotics market in Europe.[4]

The Di Lauro clan funnelled the proceeds into real estate, buying dozens of flats in Naples, owning shops in France and the Netherlands, as well as businesses importing fur, fake fur and lingerie. Cosimo Di Lauro used to travel to Paris to control the business of the clan in France. In his visits to Paris, Cosimo often drove his Lamborghini around the city.[5][6]

The clan is also very active in counterfeit clothes in the Netherlands.[7]

The Di Lauro clan is believed to invest large amounts of money in Greece.[8]

According to the pentito Antonio Accurso, the Di Lauro clan has several links to the Sacra Corona Unita in question with regards to drug trafficking.[9]

The Di Lauro clan allegedly has a alliance with the Contini clan, particularly with Ciro Contini, the nephew of the boss Edoardo Contini. According to the pentito Domenico Esposito both clans have a pact with regards to the drug trafficking business.[10]

On 12 July 2019, the Italian police confiscated €300 million, including 600 houses, lands, 16 cars and bank accounts belonging to Antonio Passarelli, a businessman believed to be connected to the Di Lauro clan.[11]

Leadership
  • Paolo Di Lauro became a fugitive in 2002 and left the business to his sons Cosimo and Vincenzo Di Lauro (b. 1975).[12][13]
  • Ciro Di Lauro was arrested in late 2004, followed by Cosimo in January 2005 after the police launched a series of operations against the warring factions in the Scampia feud. In September 2005, police arrested the patriarch of the clan Paolo Di Lauro.[1]
  • Vincenzo Di Lauro was arrested in March 2007,[14]
  • Nunzio Di Lauro, was arrested on 3 March 2008.[15]
  • Marco Di Lauro was arrested in Naples on 2 March 2019.[16] Sentenced to life in prison.[17]
  • According to the journalist Roberto Saviano, after Marco's arrest, the new leaders of the organization are Vincenzo and Ciro Di Lauro.[18]

See also

References
  1. Criminal boss is captured in Italy, International Herald Tribune, September 17, 2005
  2. (in Italian) E ora è caccia a Marco e Nunzio Archived 2009-08-09 at the Wayback Machine, Il Roma, March 28, 2007
  3. "The blood is running: Mafia wars erupt again". The Independent. December 8, 2004.
  4. "Scampia: tres guerras y 100 funerales". El País (in Spanish). March 10, 2019.
  5. 'The blood is running': Mafia wars erupt again, The Independent, December 8, 2004
  6. "La camorra à Paris : quand le boss roulait sa Lamborghini sur les Champs". AgoraVox. April 30, 2010.
  7. "Netherlands". Il Fatto Quotidiano.
  8. Redazione (February 24, 2018). "Invisibile e spietato, il boss da 1 miliardo di lire al giorno".
  9. Internapoli, Redazione (August 30, 2017). ""La Puglia è roba di Marco Di Lauro". Per il pentito è 'o cavallar a gestire la droga con la Sacra Corona Unita".
  10. ""Aveva un patto con i Di Lauro", i rapporti di Ciro Contini con i clan dell'area nord". internapoli.it (in Italian). May 22, 2019.
  11. "Confisca da 300 mln di euro a Passarelli, l'imprenditore di 5 clan: 600 case e terreni, 16 auto e conti in banca". Internapoli.it. July 12, 2019.
  12. Gang's Deadly Feud Plagues Naples Archived 2013-01-04 at Archive.today, Los Angeles Times, February 17, 2005
  13. In Naples, a Mob Family Feud, The Washington Post, February 8, 2005
  14. (in Italian) Arrestato il figlio del boss Di Lauro, La Repubblica, March 27, 2007
  15. (in Italian) Arrestato Nunzio Di Lauro, l'ultimo rampollo di «Ciruzzo 'o milionario», Corriere del Mezzogiorno, March 3, 2008
  16. , Citizen
  17. "Napoli: camorra, ergastolo a Marco Di Lauro per l'omicidio di un innocente". Repubblica.it (in Italian). 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  18. "Arresto Marco Di Lauro, Saviano: "I suoi fratelli già pronti a prendere lo scettro"". Napolitoday.it. March 5, 2019.

Sources
  • Di Meo, Simone (2008). L'impero della camorra. Vita violenta del boss Paolo Di Lauro. Rome: Newton & Compton. ISBN 88-541-0992-4.
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